内容简介
ThebloodyslaverebellionledbyNatTurnerinVirginiain1831,andthesavagereprisalsthatfollowed,shatteredbeyondrepairthemythofthecontentedslaveandthebenignmasterandintensifiedtheforcesofchangethatwouldplungeAmericaintothebloodbathoftheCivilWar.
作者简介
StephenB.Oatesistheauthorofsixteenbooks,includingTheApproachingFury;WithMaliceTowardNone:ALifeofAbrahamLincolnandLettheTrumpetSound:ALifeofMartinLutherKing,Jr.,thelattertwobookswinning,respectively,theChristopherAwardandtheRobertF.KennedyMemorialBookAward.Theyhavebeentranslatedintoseverallanguages.Oateswasaconsultantand"talkinghead"inKenBurns'sCivilWarseriesonPBS,andisarecipientoftheNevins-FreemanAwardoftheChicagoCivilWarRoundTableforlifetimeachievementinthefieldofCivilWarstudies.AteacherattheUniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,heisnowwritingtheconcludingbookoftheVoicesofStormtrilogy,abouttheyearsofReconstruction,1865-1877.
